Biological systematics [electronic resource] : principles and applications / Randall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 311 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 570.1/2 22
LOC classification:
  • QH83 .S345 2009eb
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Contents:
Introduction to systematics -- Systematics and the philosophy of science -- Characters and character states -- Character polarity and inferring homology -- Tree-building algorithms -- Evaluating results -- Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases -- Historical biogeography and host-parasite coevolution -- Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios -- Biodiversity and conservation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to systematics -- Systematics and the philosophy of science -- Characters and character states -- Character polarity and inferring homology -- Tree-building algorithms -- Evaluating results -- Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases -- Historical biogeography and host-parasite coevolution -- Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios -- Biodiversity and conservation.

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